Way OT: RE: @Home's 119 domain names up for sale

["Brian Johnson" <bjohnson () drtel com>]

Holy communist manifesto batman!

Let's let the government fix everything. Hold on, hasn't that been tried
already? Oh yeah the USSR. That was a blazing success.

Conservatives generally aren't against the government helping in areas NO
ONE ELSE CAN. It is obvious to everyone involved that the government largely
screws up these sorts of "initiatives" and most of the money ends up wasted
anyways. It's these pork projects that kill us.

- Brian J.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of
Matthew Black
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:15 AM
To: nanog () merit edu
Subject: Re: @Home's 119 domain names up for sale



I remember @home.com as being one of the defunct domains for which we
always had outbound e-mail queued.

But exactly how is this bill related to the domain name sale other
than the fact that your press release snippet contains the text
string "access@home?" Your post doesn't make that clear.

Our government spends money on myriad of initiatives. Conservatives
like to decry government spending as a total waste of resources.
Keep in mind that every dollar spent by the government goes back
into the economy, whether it be money to the oil industry (ala
the new Energy Bill, money to Halliburton for Iraq operations),
or low-income housing. The point is that the money goes back to
citizens in the form of jobs, subsidized purchases (which help
business sell items and services and create more jobs), or in the
form of tax breaks to extremely wealthy individuals. Contrary to
the rhetoric, the money doesn't vanish down a sinkhole.

matthew black
california state university, long beach

Note: The opinions stated herein represent only myself and other
like-minded individuals and may not represent my employer.


On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:09:59 -0500
  Frank Coluccio <frank () dticonsulting com> wrote:
> re: @Home's 119 domain names up for sale
>
> Interesting that you'd bring this up. The federal pork trasfer of $1 
> Billion that
> was announced on Sunday to "bridge the digital divide" references an
> "access@home" program as a part of its underpinning.
>
> From: http://press.arrivenet.com/pol/article.php/679032.html
>
> ---snip:
>
> LISC/NEF and One Economy Launch $1 Billion Initiative to Bridgethe Digital
> Divide; Sen. Hillary Clinton Helps Unveil Initiative
>
> Sunday, August 07, 2005
>
> Contact: Leslie Kerns of Solomon McCown & Co., 617-933-5013 or
> lkerns () solomonmccown com or Susan Sheehan of Vogel Communications, 
> 503-449-1666
> or susan () ionafactor com
>
> NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Efforts to close the technological gap
> between America's haves and have-nots will get a boost this week. Local
> Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) and its subsidiary the National Equity 
> Fund
> (NEF) are partnering with One Economy to launch "access@home," a $1 
> billion
> initiative that will build more than 15,000 affordable homes with 
> high-speed
> digital Internet connectivity and provide low-income families personal 
> access to
> computers and technology services. The initiative expects to connect 
> nearly
> 100,000 people to the vast advantage of the Internet.
>
> ---end snip
>
> It makes for some interesting reading for those of you tracking where your

> tax
> dollars are going. I'd be interested in reading some comments on this 
> initiative,
> either on the board or by email.
>
> frank () fttx org
>
> =============================================================
>
> On Wed Aug 10 16:44 , "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" sent:
>
>
>    I know this is horribly off-topic, but seeing a reference to
>    @Home kind made me a little nostalgic. :-)
>
>    [snip]
>
>    Apparently former high-speed Internet provider Excite@Home
>    once felt likewise. But At Home Liquidating Trust, successor
>    to the once high-flying Internet darling Excite@Home, said
>    Wednesday it is selling the former broadband company's 119
>    domain names.
>
>    [snip]
>
>   
http://news.com.com/ExciteHomes+119+domain+names+up+for+sale/2100-1030_3-582
6807.html